Health
Study shows link between high birth weight and heart disease
(Medical Xpress)—Babies born with high birth weight may be at increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood, according to a University of Sydney study.
Mar 25, 2014
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Cardiology
Low saturated fat diets don't curb heart disease risk or help you live longer
Diets low in saturated fat don't curb heart disease risk or help you live longer, says a leading US cardiovascular research scientist and doctor of pharmacy in an editorial in the open access journal Open Heart.
Mar 5, 2014
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Genetics
Mum's genes work with baby's to prevent obesity
It's long been known that babies who have a low birth weight have an increased risk of diabetes and obesity in later life. This developmental programming can be influenced by environmental factors, but little is known about ...
Mar 4, 2014
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Cardiology
Heart disease warning at age 18
Elevated blood pressure as young as age 18 is a warning sign of cardiovascular disease developing later in life and the time to begin prevention, according to a large national Northwestern Medicine study. That's decades earlier ...
Feb 4, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Maternal stress hormones and maternal smoking increase daughter's risk of nicotine dependence
Tobacco smoking by pregnant women has long been viewed as a public health risk because of smoking's adverse effects on the development of a fetus.
Jan 9, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
IVF conception doesn't seem to raise kids' cancer risk, study finds
(HealthDay)—In a reassuring new finding, there appears to be no extra cancer risk among children born after assisted conception.
Nov 7, 2013
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Cardiology
Risk factors for cardiovascular problems found to be inverse to disease and deaths
Despite living with the highest risk factors for heart disease, people in high income countries suffer less from serious cardiovascular disease, says an international study by the global PURE (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology ...
Sep 2, 2013
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Cardiology
Physical activity decreases sudden cardiac death risk in unfit men
Physical activity decreases the risk of sudden cardiac death in unfit men, reveals research presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr. Jari Laukkanen and Dr. Magnus Hagnas from Finland.
Sep 1, 2013
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Health
People who eat nuts have reduced risk of cancer or cardiovascular disease
(Medical Xpress)—People who eat nuts, particularly walnuts, are more likely to live longer, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine. In a longitudinal study, researchers suggest that those who ...
Jul 17, 2013
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Ophthalmology
Review identifies risk factors for comitant strabismus
(HealthDay)—Risk factors for strabismus include low birth weight, prematurity, retinopathy of prematurity, smoking during pregnancy, anisometropia, hyperopia, and genetic factors, according to a review published online ...
Jul 12, 2013
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